A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
n. - story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
- allegory. [greek parabole comparison]
PARADOX
n. - a seemingly absurd or contradictory though often true statement. B self-contradictory or absurd statement.
- person or thing having contradictory qualities etc.
- paradoxical quality. paradoxical adj. Paradoxically adv. [greek: related to *para-1, doxa opinion]
PARAGON
n. (often foll. By of) model of excellence etc. [greek parakone]
PARAPET
n. - low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony, bridge, etc.
- defence of earth or stone. [french or italian: related to *para-2, petto breast]
PARASOL
n. Light umbrella giving shade from the sun. [italian: related to *para-2, sole sun]
PARBOIL
v. Boil until partly cooked. [latin par- = *per-, confused with *part]
PARFAIT
n. - rich iced pudding of whipped cream, eggs, etc.
- layers of ice-cream, meringue, etc., served in a tall glass. [french parfait *perfect]
PARLOUR
game n. Indoor game, esp. A word-game.
- n. (us parlor) 1 archaic sitting-room in a private house. 2 esp. Us shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice-cream parlour). [anglo-french: related to *parley]
PARLOUS
adj. Archaic or joc. Dangerous or difficult. [from perilous (*peril)]
PAROTID
—adj. Situated near the ear. —n. (in full parotid gland) salivary gland in front of the ear. [greek: related to *para-1, ous ot- ear]
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